ask the average fan who they think
created spider-man and they might just
say one named Stanley I’ve always wanted
to experience real web slinging and I’ve
always wanted to be appreciated as a
real hero it seems you’ve made me into
one thanks hey don’t mention it in
reality story behind spider-man’s
creation is a lot more complicated than
that
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often than not multiple people are
involved in the creation of a superhero
but it’s not uncommon for one co-creator
to be overlooked
tragically Batman co-creator Bill Finger
who was responsible for the look and
many other vital elements of the
character wasn’t given official
recognition until decades after his
death when you open a comic book there
it says created by Bob Kane we see the
movies says created by Bob Kane
correcting that is something that
terrified everybody I think for decades
despite most people’s belief that Lee
was spider-man’s sole creator this hero
– had multiple creators with Stan Lee
and Steve Ditko credited as co-creators
and Jack Kirby receiving recognition for
early concepts who came up with the way
he looks Oh Steve Ditko Steve designed
the character the colors everything
everything about the costume so who
really made spider-man the lasting an
iconic character we all know and love
Stan Lee is probably the most famous
comic book creator of all time and
anyone who has seen a Marvel movie knows
his face thanks to his frequent cameos
in addition to spider-man Leah created a
number of characters alongside either
Ditko or kirby they weren’t his only
partners however and with other writers
he also had a hand in creating many of
Marvel’s most iconic characters
including Iron Man Thor ant-man and
daredevil and of course on the seventh
day I rescued Lia was a revolutionary
figure in the comics industry and became
notable for instilling flaws and
humanity into his superheroes and in the
70s was instrumental in overhauling the
suppressive comics code Authority Lee is
also a savvy businessman helping to turn
the one small-time marvel into the
juggernaut it is today pun intended
exodia quite the opposite of the
constantly in the spotlight Stanley was
comic legend Steve Ditko famous for his
inclusiveness dick Koh and Lee
collaborated often in their early
careers and Lee would often give the
smallest idea or plot to Ditko and Ditko
would flesh out a story dick ko would
use this method to create a number of
other characters with Lee like dr.
strange before and after marvel dick ko
also had a long career with Charlton
comics and eventually DC where he was
known for his diverse range of comics
both within and outside of the superhero
genre his characters always looked very
highly strung by always looked as if
they were on the edge of some kind of
revelation or breakdown we’d be remiss
if we didn’t also mention Jack Kirby who
created Captain America for Marvel’s
forerunner Atlas comics later on Kirby
would team up with Stan Lee to imagine
the likes of the Fantastic Four x-men
Hulk and black panther like Ditko kirby
left Marvel but wasn’t shy about making
his reasons known he was fed up with the
lack of Wright’s comics creators
received and joined the competition at
DC Kirby had such an impact on comics
that the comic book Hall of Fame is even
named after the late artist all three of
these story to call the creators had a
hand in making spider-man but how
exactly did it play out things can be a
bit tricky to untangle as all three
creators have different accounts of the
early influences for the character Lee
claimed he was inspired by Paul Pierrot
the spider as well as an account of
watching a fly climb up a wall and I
said Wow suppose a person had the power
to stick to a wall like an insect
Kirby maintained he had come up with the
idea years prior himself originally
calling the character silver spider what
is undisputed is that Lee wanted to
create an ordinary teen superhero
something unheard of at the time and
first approached frequent collaborator
Jack Kirby with the concept kirby
pitched ideas that he and Captain
America co-creator Joe Simon had devised
in the 50s for an orphan teen superhero
given powers by a magic ring via was to
write with concepts and story by Kirby
but after Kirby’s initial sketches which
according to Steve Ditko resembled a
character Ditko and Simon created in
1959 called the fly Lee decided to go in
a different direction saying the
character was too heroic it didn’t
matter to Jack nobody knew what would be
a big strip and Jack was busy doing all
the other books desiring more of an
everyman feel for the character Lee
turned to dick Co while some of Kirby’s
initial ideas were kept such as Peter
living with an elderly couple many of
these early concepts were up
and the magic ring swapped for a bite
from a radioactive spider and he
received a radically redesigned costume
spider-man as we know him was born
despite initially appearing in the final
issue of an already canceled anthology
comic book series
spider-man became an overnight success
as a young and complex hero Peter Parker
was unlike anything readers had seen at
the time spider-man was a broke high
schooler with real problems rather than
a billionaire playboy or a billionaire
playboy Zwarte as comic characters of
his age were almost exclusively
sidekicks rather than fighting Mad Men
wanting to take on the world
spider-man often stopped villains from
robbing banks Li’s initial decision to
make him a teenager and Ditko’s
insistence on giving him ordinary
problems made him more relatable than
any other hero while Kirby drew the
cover for the first spider-man story
that was the end of his involvement with
the character in a style known as the
Marvel method Ditko would come up with a
general plot based on a story idea from
Lee and draw the comic in its entirety
and Lee would later come in and write
the dialogue after a while I wouldn’t
even say that much to Steve he would
just go and do whatever story he wanted
the pair worked together for years on
spider-man making some of his best
comics ever including the now iconic if
this be my destiny arc that helped
solidify spider-man as a character with
an unrelenting drive to save those he
cared about creating an image so iconic
it was recently replicated in 2017
spider-man homecoming Ditko is also
responsible for some a Spidey’s most
iconic villains including Green Goblin
Doctor Octopus the vulture and more
however tension grew between writer and
artist and dick Koh stopped writing the
amazing spider-man following issue
number 38 passing on his duties to John
Romita while Stan Lee became a superstar
Steve Ditko withdrew from the world
becoming a recluse and rarely giving
interviews on the rare occasion that he
did speak about spider-man however dick
Cole was keen to set the record straight
he would often dispute claims Lee had
made about spider-man’s inception and
had said that before he came on board
the spider-man of Lee and Kirby was a
more straight-laced character in the
vein of Captain America in 1999 dick Koh
made his case in the form of a comic
strip explaining his involvement in the
creation of spider-man the nature of
credit and what the term creator really
means that same year Stan penned an open
letter making it clear that Steve should
be considered the co-creator of the
character but dick
took issue with Stan’s wording I
consider Steve to be the co-creator
apparently he felt that wasn’t definite
enough it’s impossible to deny that both
Ditko and Lee shaped the character of
spider-man in those early days but dick
Co arguably was more responsible for the
qualities that made him into one of the
world’s most popular superheroes dick Co
gave spider-man his iconic look but more
importantly he made Peter Parker a
tragic and relatable person that readers
identified with check out these other
great clips from WatchMojo and be sure
to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
created spider-man and they might just
say one named Stanley I’ve always wanted
to experience real web slinging and I’ve
always wanted to be appreciated as a
real hero it seems you’ve made me into
one thanks hey don’t mention it in
reality story behind spider-man’s
creation is a lot more complicated than
that
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos more
often than not multiple people are
involved in the creation of a superhero
but it’s not uncommon for one co-creator
to be overlooked
tragically Batman co-creator Bill Finger
who was responsible for the look and
many other vital elements of the
character wasn’t given official
recognition until decades after his
death when you open a comic book there
it says created by Bob Kane we see the
movies says created by Bob Kane
correcting that is something that
terrified everybody I think for decades
despite most people’s belief that Lee
was spider-man’s sole creator this hero
– had multiple creators with Stan Lee
and Steve Ditko credited as co-creators
and Jack Kirby receiving recognition for
early concepts who came up with the way
he looks Oh Steve Ditko Steve designed
the character the colors everything
everything about the costume so who
really made spider-man the lasting an
iconic character we all know and love
Stan Lee is probably the most famous
comic book creator of all time and
anyone who has seen a Marvel movie knows
his face thanks to his frequent cameos
in addition to spider-man Leah created a
number of characters alongside either
Ditko or kirby they weren’t his only
partners however and with other writers
he also had a hand in creating many of
Marvel’s most iconic characters
including Iron Man Thor ant-man and
daredevil and of course on the seventh
day I rescued Lia was a revolutionary
figure in the comics industry and became
notable for instilling flaws and
humanity into his superheroes and in the
70s was instrumental in overhauling the
suppressive comics code Authority Lee is
also a savvy businessman helping to turn
the one small-time marvel into the
juggernaut it is today pun intended
exodia quite the opposite of the
constantly in the spotlight Stanley was
comic legend Steve Ditko famous for his
inclusiveness dick Koh and Lee
collaborated often in their early
careers and Lee would often give the
smallest idea or plot to Ditko and Ditko
would flesh out a story dick ko would
use this method to create a number of
other characters with Lee like dr.
strange before and after marvel dick ko
also had a long career with Charlton
comics and eventually DC where he was
known for his diverse range of comics
both within and outside of the superhero
genre his characters always looked very
highly strung by always looked as if
they were on the edge of some kind of
revelation or breakdown we’d be remiss
if we didn’t also mention Jack Kirby who
created Captain America for Marvel’s
forerunner Atlas comics later on Kirby
would team up with Stan Lee to imagine
the likes of the Fantastic Four x-men
Hulk and black panther like Ditko kirby
left Marvel but wasn’t shy about making
his reasons known he was fed up with the
lack of Wright’s comics creators
received and joined the competition at
DC Kirby had such an impact on comics
that the comic book Hall of Fame is even
named after the late artist all three of
these story to call the creators had a
hand in making spider-man but how
exactly did it play out things can be a
bit tricky to untangle as all three
creators have different accounts of the
early influences for the character Lee
claimed he was inspired by Paul Pierrot
the spider as well as an account of
watching a fly climb up a wall and I
said Wow suppose a person had the power
to stick to a wall like an insect
Kirby maintained he had come up with the
idea years prior himself originally
calling the character silver spider what
is undisputed is that Lee wanted to
create an ordinary teen superhero
something unheard of at the time and
first approached frequent collaborator
Jack Kirby with the concept kirby
pitched ideas that he and Captain
America co-creator Joe Simon had devised
in the 50s for an orphan teen superhero
given powers by a magic ring via was to
write with concepts and story by Kirby
but after Kirby’s initial sketches which
according to Steve Ditko resembled a
character Ditko and Simon created in
1959 called the fly Lee decided to go in
a different direction saying the
character was too heroic it didn’t
matter to Jack nobody knew what would be
a big strip and Jack was busy doing all
the other books desiring more of an
everyman feel for the character Lee
turned to dick Co while some of Kirby’s
initial ideas were kept such as Peter
living with an elderly couple many of
these early concepts were up
and the magic ring swapped for a bite
from a radioactive spider and he
received a radically redesigned costume
spider-man as we know him was born
despite initially appearing in the final
issue of an already canceled anthology
comic book series
spider-man became an overnight success
as a young and complex hero Peter Parker
was unlike anything readers had seen at
the time spider-man was a broke high
schooler with real problems rather than
a billionaire playboy or a billionaire
playboy Zwarte as comic characters of
his age were almost exclusively
sidekicks rather than fighting Mad Men
wanting to take on the world
spider-man often stopped villains from
robbing banks Li’s initial decision to
make him a teenager and Ditko’s
insistence on giving him ordinary
problems made him more relatable than
any other hero while Kirby drew the
cover for the first spider-man story
that was the end of his involvement with
the character in a style known as the
Marvel method Ditko would come up with a
general plot based on a story idea from
Lee and draw the comic in its entirety
and Lee would later come in and write
the dialogue after a while I wouldn’t
even say that much to Steve he would
just go and do whatever story he wanted
the pair worked together for years on
spider-man making some of his best
comics ever including the now iconic if
this be my destiny arc that helped
solidify spider-man as a character with
an unrelenting drive to save those he
cared about creating an image so iconic
it was recently replicated in 2017
spider-man homecoming Ditko is also
responsible for some a Spidey’s most
iconic villains including Green Goblin
Doctor Octopus the vulture and more
however tension grew between writer and
artist and dick Koh stopped writing the
amazing spider-man following issue
number 38 passing on his duties to John
Romita while Stan Lee became a superstar
Steve Ditko withdrew from the world
becoming a recluse and rarely giving
interviews on the rare occasion that he
did speak about spider-man however dick
Cole was keen to set the record straight
he would often dispute claims Lee had
made about spider-man’s inception and
had said that before he came on board
the spider-man of Lee and Kirby was a
more straight-laced character in the
vein of Captain America in 1999 dick Koh
made his case in the form of a comic
strip explaining his involvement in the
creation of spider-man the nature of
credit and what the term creator really
means that same year Stan penned an open
letter making it clear that Steve should
be considered the co-creator of the
character but dick
took issue with Stan’s wording I
consider Steve to be the co-creator
apparently he felt that wasn’t definite
enough it’s impossible to deny that both
Ditko and Lee shaped the character of
spider-man in those early days but dick
Co arguably was more responsible for the
qualities that made him into one of the
world’s most popular superheroes dick Co
gave spider-man his iconic look but more
importantly he made Peter Parker a
tragic and relatable person that readers
identified with check out these other
great clips from WatchMojo and be sure
to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos
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